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mikk0384 t1_je9mggp wrote

Reply to comment by Squirrel851 in Automated enforcement of water conservation rules in Fresno, California led to a decrease in summer water use and violations of conservation rules (relative to households subject to in-person inspections). This program massively increased consumer complaints, ultimately causing its cancellation. by smurfyjenkins

>Otherwise every Karen and Keith would be giving tickets to whoever they wanted.

Nobody would accept them, and the judges can determine that it isn't theirs from the photo anyway. That's a pointless argument.

If you lend your car to someone and get a photo with the driver visible, it should be easy to get it moving. Chances are that you can even get a new photo of the person to verify your claim that it is them - you wouldn't lend your car to just anyone.

If someone speeds in someone else's car, I'd count that as a betrayal of trust. I wouldn't have any issues whatsoever giving them the ticket they earned for themselves. That I had to give it to them is just a result of me trusting someone I shouldn't have.

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mikk0384 t1_je9ics8 wrote

Reply to comment by Squirrel851 in Automated enforcement of water conservation rules in Fresno, California led to a decrease in summer water use and violations of conservation rules (relative to households subject to in-person inspections). This program massively increased consumer complaints, ultimately causing its cancellation. by smurfyjenkins

They can only identify the car. Then they send the ticket to the owner, and then the owner give the ticket to the rightful recipient. The only potential issue I see is if the vehicle is stolen, but that should have been reported to the police anyway.

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mikk0384 t1_jd7ocbt wrote

Reply to comment by galacticspark in Can you extract a fully concentrated liquid out of an ice cube (like Coca Cola) until there's almost no water left? by Froggiebuns

>The solution is to tie up as many of the ethanol-detoxifying enzymes as possible so that they never have a chance to interact with the methanol molecules, and you end up peeing out the methanol.

I thought it worked by slowing down the conversion of methanol to the more toxic compound so the body could keep up with the removal - keeping the concentration low by flattening the curve.

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mikk0384 t1_jbr6ij4 wrote

Reply to comment by ILuvMemes4Breakfast in The first wiring map of an insect's brain hints at incredible complexity by LifeTableWithChairs

There is no need to. The difference is still massive. Half a million vs hundreds of trillions is a difference of approximately 1 000 000 000:1

It isn't saying that the fruit fly is anything like a person, just that it is more than the larvae that had been mapped previously - closer to the human brain.

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mikk0384 t1_jampi5o wrote

Reply to How exactly does ocean acidification inhibit the formation of calcium carbonate in marine organisms? by fr140

Calcium carbonate is vulnerable to attack by acids, so as the amount of acid in the water increases, the rate of reactions between the acid and the shells of marine animals goes up. This in turn means that the marine animals have to dedicate more resources to replenishing the shells to avoid death - and in a competitive natural environment "more" isn't always available.

The reaction is as follows: CaCO3 (s) + 2 H^(+) (aq) -> Ca^(2+)(aq) + CO2 (g) + H2O (l)

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mikk0384 t1_ir4ypo6 wrote

Reply to If global c02 emissions stay level, does that mean global temperatures will also stay relatively level? by onlinefunner

No. Other than the factors mentioned by u/CrustalTrudger, there are other things that are guaranteed to happen even if the CO2 content stays at the current level.

For instance, the increase in temperature means that the ice coverage is shrinking. Ice is really good at reflecting the light that hits it back out to space, so the more the ice shrinks, the more sunlight gets absorbed and heats the planet instead. It takes a while for the ice to melt, so the temperature will keep climbing for decades after the CO2 content is fixed.

There are other factors that play a role in the same manner. A lot of methane is trapped under the permafrost in many places, and methane is 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2. This means that as the permafrost melts, more greenhouse gasses will be emitted to the atmosphere, with increasing temperatures to follow.

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